Hi For some time I have been fascinated by beetles, and also a bit concerned at the seemingly disproportionately low number of beetle observations (Globally and in India) in relation to their commonly accepted number of species. Add to that this recent article ‘ Generally ignored’ species face twic…

Adding to the staggering beetle statistics, there are more described species of beetles than plants. They are also described at a much higher rate

[image] ram_k: Globally among the Winged and Once-winged Insects Subclass Pterygota the top 3 orders with the largest number of observations are Butterflies and Moths Order Lepidoptera 12206044 41.97% Beetles Order Coleoptera 3939992 13.55% Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies Order Hymenop…

[image] jasonhernandez74: If you have flowers that emit a musky or rotten scent, these may be pollinated by beetles; where there are cattle, you may find dung beetles; and herbivorous beetles can be found at their host plants. Interesting, will try and add this to the “how to”

This looks very useful: https://www.discoverlife.org/png/collecting_insects.pdf

Thank you, very useful. I will pass to on beetle groups, and beetle fans in India. Considering that the project wants to focus on novice natural historians we will probably not encourage them to collect. Also there is a legal issue with specimen collection in India and also a history of collector a…

The project is now active on Inaturalist - India’s Nature : Beetle Mania 2022

Yes, I was thinking you could use the techniques for the “catch” part of “catch-and-release.” By all means, dangle the possibility of legal consequences to discourage killing/collection of rarities. Your biggest challenges will be the need for observers to take ID-quality photos and finding people…

[image] NancyinSunnyvale: PS: I just googled “baiting for beetles” and discovered that " Various kinds of dung, carrion, soft fungi, etc. may be used." Interesting we are going to put a small guide on these methods

I am mostly interested in botany, but I love arthropods as well and recently weevils started to fascinate me, there are lots and lots of them and I find a new species for me pretty often! I like the fact that most weevils feed on a specific plant or plant family. Several weevils I’ve found have only…

I think the key is to “look” Arthropods get missed because we aren’t even looking for them. In the recent times when I take people out for walks I get them to watch a bush or a plant for a while and sure enough we start observing things that we would normally miss. I also like weevils, but am sti…

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